Psychosocial Learner Support in Under-Resourced Settings

Across many regions of the Global South, education systems face persistent inequalities, fragile learning environments, and limited institutional capacity. Learners in under-resourced settings often confront overlapping psychosocial challenges linked to poverty, trauma, food insecurity, and unstable home and community conditions, all of which hinder academic engagement and well-being. These pressures have widened learning gaps and heightened mental health vulnerabilities. In this context, psychosocial learner support becomes essential for promoting resilience, equity, and meaningful educational participation. Psychosocial Learner Support in Under-Resourced Settings critically examines the psychosocial barriers that shape learner well-being and academic achievement in under-resourced educational contexts, emphasizing evidence-based, culturally responsive, and contextually grounded support strategies. Through innovative and community-driven interventions, this book highlights pathways for fostering resilience, strengthening academic success, and promoting holistic learner development. Covering topics such as Ubuntu and indigenous knowledge systems, teacher-principal collaboration, and social-emotional learning, this book is an excellent academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, school leaders, counselors, psychologists, social workers, policymakers, and more.